It’s no secret, I love to alter things. I love to take a piece of chipboard and make it my own! Today’s steal the Doodlebug Butterflies made the springboard for creating so easy. With so many different color combinations to choose from, the possibilities are outstanding!

I have to admit, once again it’s as though the manufacturer created a product just for me. Just a couple of weeks ago, we decided to do an overhaul on my teenage girls bedroom. The papers in one of the collections were perfect to match their new paint, so I decided to make them each a butterfly to bling up their message boards.

I’ll walk you through the step by step process of how I created my butterflies.

Step 1: Select the papers you would like to use to cover your butterflies and trace the shape onto the paper and then cut out. Note: while these butterflies are designed to be individual altered pieces, I thought it would be fun to layer them for added dimension.

Step 2: For added dimension, in the edges of the cut out shapes with a coordinating ink.

Step 3: I thought it would be fun to add a little heat embossing around the white edges of the butterfly. Simply brush the edges of the butterfly across a Versamark or other pigment ink pad, add desired color of powder and heat.

Step 4: I wanted to add a little more glimmer to my butterflies so I added a coating of “Old Lace” glimmer mist.

Step 5: Next I used my piercing tool and added holes around the edges of the smaller butterfly so that I could add some stitching.

Step 6: The fun part…embellish as desired!

Step 7: In order to add a little extra bit of dimension, I used a strip of pop foam to adhere my butterflies together.

Step 8: Firmly press the smaller butterfly into place on top of the larger butterfly.

Step 9: To create the wire base for the butterfly beads, I folded the provided wire in half and then used some wire crafting pliers to create a little twist at the fold of the wire, so that the beads wont fall off.

Step 10: You know me and my love of bling. I wanted to add some sparkle to the beads so I coated them with spray adhesive then rolled them through some Doodlebug Sugar Coated Glitter.

Step 11: Next I used my hot glue gun to adhere the body of the butterfly to the wings. All done!

Now I have to admit, while I was sitting at my work desk stitching the butterflies I thought how fun it would be to create some “lacing cards” for a child to have. Bet you couldn’t guess that I couldn’t resist and had to make some! I pulled out my ModPodge and my stash of eyelets and set to work.

I thought it would be fun to combine a lacing card and matching card into the larger butterfly so I used some of my Sassafras Paper Whimsies and decoupaged one set onto the butterfly and have the other set for a small child to use as a matching game. You could even add a small piece of velcro to the base as well as the backsides of the shapes to make storage easier and eliminate the possibility of losing the shapes. Add a bit of yarn and a large plastic craft needle and your kids have got a great educational game to occupy them for awhile.

I think it’s time for a giveawayso if you’d like to have your chance to win these lacing card butterflies, simply leave your comment here by Monday at 11:59 MST and I will choose a random winner to send these butterflies to.

They are so cute, Kristy! My daughter is just learning how to string beads on a shoelace, so the lacing cards would be right up her alley! Thanks so much!

Vanessa H.

Love the possibilities! The colors are beautiful, especially the purple!

Kristy MacKeen

Kristy, your creativity AMAZES me!

Jessica Fancher

These are Fantastic Now pick me to win ’em XOXO

Staci Jones

What fabulous ideas! Those lacing cards are genius!

Sheryl Kloke

Love these Kristy!

Jamie

Going to decorate my 5 week old daughter’s room with these beautiful butterflies. Thanks for the great deal today!

Liz Martinez

LOVE these Kristy. Great job !!! The purple is so BEAUTIFUL !!!

char

Love the lacing cards idea!! The butterflies make a perfect room decoration too

Andrea C.

These are great! It looks like a fun project!

Stephanie U

Those butterflies are really cute! I bet my older daughter would love them. Great job Kristy!

Shelia

Kristy….you are very creative…love the idea…my granddaughter loves purple and butterfliea so this was meant for me.

Kelly Marks

The butterflies are so cute! What a great idea to make lacing cards.

chana

would love to win a set for my daughters room

Cheryl

My 3 year old would love the lacing butterflies. She loves butterflies and crafting!

Maria Murray

I can’t believe how your creative mind works…amazing!!!

amber

Our fairy princesses would love some butterfly projects to keep them out of my stash!

Shelley

Your butterflies are so amazing! They were my grandmothers’ favourite thing and I have decorated my 18 month old daughters room with them. Lacing cards would be the perfect activity for her. Thank you for sharing your creativity!

Jenny S

What a great project! My little niece would LOVE those lacing butterflies. Great giveaway!

Millie

Love the purple!!! So pretty!!! Would love one to decorate my baby’s room

Nicole H

Perfect project! Love the creativity on making them your own! We are redoing the playroom so this would be a perfect compliment to the new colors.

Angie B

Those look amazing, like always!!!!

Michelle

LOVE LOVE LOVE these! What a great project. I think I will make the same butterflies for each of my girls for their rooms for their birthdays!!

Your are so creative Kristy!

Tori Frandsen

These are so cute. My house full of girls would love to decorate a set.

Christina J

My 3.5yo daughter loves doing things with her hands, I bet she’d love to do some lacing

Leigh Z

very sweet butterflies you created! Thanks for the chance to win
Leigh

Karen

Thank-you for the step by step tutorial!

http://www.facebook.com/redsonic20 DeniseP

OMW, Kristy! These are beautiful. I’m in love…the purple one would be fantastic if I ever have a girl…wow, just wow!

Rebecca Yahrling

How cute are these? I would love to make these with my 2 nieces, who also love to craft!

Debi

They are so cool!!! Would love the chance to win.

Karen W.

So cute! I would love to use these in my classroom! Great idea, Kristy.

Kristin

Gotta love these butterfly kits! I know you used them in your teens’ rooms, but I think, they are going to be the perfect transition item for turning my daughter’s “Bugs & Bees” nursery, into a garden-y, flowery, magical, “big girl room”(she’s 3-everything’s about being a “big girl”, right now :). Thanks, for the walk-through-I wouldn’t have known where to start! And, as she’s 3, I know, she’d love the lacing cards. 😉 Thanks, again.

SERENA ADKINS

LOOKS LIKE A VERY FUN PROJECT THAT I WOULD LOVE TO DO!
THANK YOU FOR YOUR GIVEAWAY.

Michelle K

So cute! Would love lacing cards

http://findingtimetocreate.blogspot.com/ krafting kelly

I love so many of the little details you used with these butterflies. Thanks for the ideas, and I’d love to win some.

krystina

these would look great in a little girls room!!

Cindy B

These butterflies are so pretty. Thank you for the great ideas to dress butterflies up!

Jen McD

I would love to win a Kristy Lee original 😉

Sam Black

As usual Kristy you rocked this one. I would love to own one of your creations! Pick me!

Melanie

Wow! so adorable!!! would love to win the lacing cards.

Melanie

BARB T

How generous of you to offer this so cute set. I love butterflies, cannot get enough, even planted a butterfly garden to attract more. It would be awesome to own a Kristy Butterfly.

Mindy F

As always, so impressed and inspired!! I’m watching my nieces tomorrow night and now I have a craft project to do with them. ThANkS!!

Lindsey B.

Adorable! Would love to win this!

Vinnice O

Very beautiful!

joy

can’t wait to make the purple butterfly with my daughter. would love to win a set so we could make another. thanks for inspiring this non-crafty momma

Deborah Johnson

Oh – I love giveaways!! My little girl would love to make these – she’s artsy-fartsy like myself! YEAH SS you gals are the BEST!

Chelsey

Love these! They would be SOOO cute in my daughters room we are getting ready to re-do.

Lauren

Sounds like fun

Patsy

I love Butterflies. And i love what you did with these.

Charissa

As always Kristy, you are fantastic! These are adorable, beautiful, and awesome!

http://countrylovingmommy.blogspot.com/ Barb O

Would love to win, very cute!

Sharann

This site is fab! Thaks for all the great ideas! 😀

Amy Williams

Kristy, what a great idea! Thanks for the chance to win it for my kiddos – they would love it!!!

carolyn

Love Doodlebug – my favorite manufacture. Just learned about your site from Doodlebug facebook, so I missed out on the Doodlebug steal but would love to win the ones you made!

carolyn

BTW – my scrapbook room is purple and teal with butterflies so these would match perfectly.

http://www.nwstamper.com Jennifer Blomquist

Fun projects and I love the idea of a lacing card! I may have to do something like that with all of the eyelets I have sitting around that I never use. Unless I win your even cooler ones.